1. Snowy Hackfest

Boston, MA USA - November 5th - 8th

Primary contact: Paul Cutler <pcutler@gnome.org>
Secondary contact: Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong@gmail.com>

1.1. Relevant GNOME team

• Snowy (wiki, mailing list)

• Tomboy (wiki, mailing list)

1.2. Description

The hackfest will take place during the Boston Summit with Friday and Monday reserved for hacking, as well as dedicated times Saturday and Sunday for hacking with breaks for hackers to attend talks during the Boston Summit

1.2.1. Agenda, goals

• Mobile client for accessing and syncing notes
• Implement UI / Design via CSS / template
• Implement a text editor
• Implement note sharing between users via the web interface
• Prepare Tomboy Online for Beta release

1.2.2. Measuring your success

• Success will be measured by Tomboy Online's readiness for beta, the creation of a mobile client and the ability to edit and share notes via the web.

1.2.3. Attendants

• Sandy Armstrong
• Paul Cutler

• Jeff "kiddo" Fortin

• Leon Handreke

• Jeff Schroeder

• Brad Taylor

1.2.4. Costs

• Venue: TBD
• Hotel: It is our goal to use the same hotel as attendees for the Boston Summit. Currently estimated at $125 / night.
• Total estimated cost: $3600 (using Kayak for airfare)
  • 4 nights for hotel

1.2.5. Current sponsors

• Google ($1000)
• Mozilla ($2000)

1.3. How to get there

• Air: Logan Airport (Boston, MA USA)

1.4. Flight Information

1.5. Accommodation and food

• Hyatt Cambridge

• The airport has free WiFi

  • ISATRAP. Actually not "free wifi" as we expect it; only for checking flights and whatnot. No emails, no maps, no searching etc.
    • No, it's not a trap. You have to watch a 30 second ad about how great Microsoft Office is and then you get 1 hour of free internet

1.5.1. Previous discussions, organization threads, drafts, relevant links, etc

• Mailing list discussion